 An obscure bit of history...
Peter Lawrence wrote:
>
> ISTR that there is a published comprehensive, academic, history of BR
> from 1948 to privatisation but I cannot now trace it, even in the NRM
> library catalogue. This history, assumiing it exists, might be
> detailed enough to give some clues as to the context of these
> calculations.
See various books by Michael Bonavia, and also, espcially:
Gourvish, T. R. (Terence Richard), 1943-
Title British railways, 1948-73 : a business history /
T.R. Gourvish ; research by N. Blake ... (et al.).
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1986.
Charlie |